पञ्चाङ्ग — Houston, USA · January 7, 2030 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2087 Rudhirodgāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1952 Sādhāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1437
Malayalam Era: 1206
Nanakshahi: 561
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.49°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra300.04°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala294.77°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha248.01°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati207.41°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra261.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani23.87°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

Houston, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:27 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:29 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 19 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 40 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:03
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:35 – 09:53
Yamaganda11:10 – 12:28
Gulika Kāla13:45 – 15:03
Varjyam07:44 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:18 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:35 – 09:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:53 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:10 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:28 – 13:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:45 – 15:03 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:03 – 16:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:20 – 17:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:38 – 19:20 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:20 – 21:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:03 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:45 – 00:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:28 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:10 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:53 – 05:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:35 – 07:18 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 29.7604°
Longitude: -95.3698°
Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5131
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874043.27
Julian Day2462508.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2723°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.20°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.2723°), declination -22.38°, EoT -6.29 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2030-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)